Alfrēds Kalniņš, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfrēds Kalniņš

Latvian musician

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1879

Place of Birth: Cēsis, Cēsis Municipality, Latvia

Date of Death: 23-Dec-1951

Profession: composer, conductor, musician

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Alfreds Bruno Janis Kalninš (23 August 1879 in Cesis, Governorate of Livonia – 23 December 1951 in Riga, Latvian SSR) was a Latvian composer, organist, pedagogue, music critic and conductor; the founder of national Latvian opera.
Kalninš is primarily remembered for his national opera Banuta (1920).